LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Four-Masted Iron Ship Mersey
WALMEB AND KINGSDOWNE, KENT.— On the 27th and 28th December, 1901, a heavy south-westerly gale prevailed in the Channel. The four-masted iron ship Mersey, of Grimstad, was driven on the Goodwin Sands, and in a very short time was engulfed....
The S.S. Shaw
THURSO AND WICK, CUTHNESS-SHIRE.— While a moderate breeze was blowing from 8., accompanied by a rough sea, on the 2nd May, the coxswain of the Wick Life-boat received notice, at 6.30 A.M., that a steamer was aground at the back of the North...
The Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE numerous enthusiastic bands of workers on behalf of the Life-boat Satur- day Fund have, throughout the United Kingdom, had exceptional obstacles and difficulties to deal with this year, as the result of the multitudinous appeals, in...
Category: Articles
Front Cover
Front Cover Exactly twenty years on - the same photo, but with different boats and different crews - see the News pages in this issue for the full story.
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Category: Photographs
The Bradford Exchange
In celebration of the € Oth Anniversary of Dunkirk: Each plaie measures 6 '/« x 8 'A inches (15.8120.9 cm) Hardwood plate display measures appro*. 25 '/2 x 8 '/2 inches 'Endeavour' THE SPIRIT OF DUNKIRK An...
Category: Advertisement
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of James Thomas Upperton, the coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat. Cox- swain Upperton first joined the crew in 1910. He became second coxswain in 1940 and in 1947 he was appointed coxswain. He is a holder...
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The S.S. St. Ninian
JULY 16TH . - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 4.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore at North Head. A light N.E. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea, and there was a thick fog....
Peep Into the Past
100 years ago The Autumn ' 906Life-boatJournat congratulated female fundraisers for their hard work after another successful Lifeboat Saturday: 'They are less ready to take a refusal than the "sterner"sex, and, this being...
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Victory, of Hull
During the night of the 27th March the smack Victory, of Hull, bound from the Dogger Bank to that port, was driven ashore north of Withernsea Pier. It was blowing hard from E.S.E., with a heavy sea running and thick rain. The wreck was...
Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part II: on the Stocks
TRADITIONALLY, when building a boat in wood, the first operation is the laying down of the keel from which is built up a framework of stem, transom, bulkheads and other transverse and longitudinal members. When building a small boat in steel...
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